The Israel Defense Forces have rejected the conclusions of the extreme leftist B'Tselem organization, which claimed that the terrorist who tried to stab a man and his daughter in the Samarian Palestinian Authority village of Huwwara about 10 days ago did not try to stab but only threw stones only and was executed by Israelis.

The IDF said, "The terrorist was shot by civilians and neutralized after he threw stones at Israeli cars and then approached one of the cars and tried to carry out a stabbing attack in the area." Military sources said that "the knife that was used by the terrorist was found at the scene of the incident."